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Apr 29, 2024

Giuliano de Medici, and Florentine Jousting

Giuliano, brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent, has always been described as handsome, tall and austere. This last name was given to him because, when he walked, he had his chin raised and his gaze downwards. At first glance he could be considered haughty and confident in his beauty. 'Bel Julo', as he was renamed by the Florentines, was not at all austere, he was very kind and joking with everyone and aware of being handsome, the most handsome of the Casa Medici.

Apr 28, 2024

Santa Trinita an original Donatello’s artwork

In the belltouwer of Santa Trinita Church there is an artworks made by the famous Donatello

Apr 27, 2024

Statues in Signoria square with simbols

The sculptor's mature work invites the viewer to walk around the statue in order to appreciate all the details, a new concept compared to the classic way of seeing the statue from the front. After the expulsion of the Medici family in 1494, the Florentine government decided to place this work in front of Palazzo Vecchio, but why all this? It was the image of a power that in a certain way tended to limit the true republican independence of Florence, therefore Giuditta represents the Florentine Republic which cuts off the head of Holofernes who embodies tyranny, a true model or "manifesto" which speaks of the political reality of the city.

Apr 26, 2024

The singular bell of Santa Maria del Fiore

not everyone knows that outside the Cathedral of Florence there were two small bells, one still visible. One was placed near the Porta dei Canonici on the southern side of the Duomo, a flowery Gothic style of the late '400 work by Lorenzo di Giovanni D'Ambrogio and Piero di Giovanni Tedesco. This bell was called "last" as the sound had to solicit the canons, whose accommodations are located in the square of the chapter to enter the chorus for the various liturgies.

Apr 25, 2024

Origin of Albarello Vase

In sacks or ceramic containers sometimes in aged inside for the conservation of these products, but to remedy all these problems, the products from China and India were shipped through an object obtained from the enormous "forests" always green that produce a light but very resistant material capable of enduring truly incredible stresses, it is bamboo.

Apr 24, 2024

Legend of Fountain in Florence

Piazza Signoria, in front of the Fountain of Neptune, allegory of the Florentine power on the seas (it was to remember the grip of Pisa and the foundation of the order of the Knights of Santo Stefano). The Grand Duke Cosimo I decided as well as embellishing the square, to build a Fontana, given that there was nothing in the area (we must remember as well as for the water approval, the water also served for personal cleaning what not so much in vogue at the time, just think of the various diseases due to dirt in general).

Apr 23, 2024

Nine Best Walking Tours of Florence in 2024

Many treasures, Florence stands out as a jewel of the Renaissance. Every street, piazza, and palazzo tells a story of artistic genius and cultural innovation. One of the best ways to experience the enchantment of Florence is through walking tours, where the city reveals its secrets with every step.

Apr 22, 2024

Borgognona a strange street in Santa Croce

The story of via Borgognona, in the beating heart of Florence, is wrapped in an aura of mystery and transgression. Once known as Via de 'shameful," Vergognosa " the road was the nerve center of the night, a crossroads of destinies and secrets that only the moon knew. It was the era in which the street was bordered with modest houses, illuminated by oil lamps that threw a trembling light on the figures that moved in the shadows.

Apr 21, 2024

Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in Florence

the special train of the "Buffalo Bill Wild West Show" is coming from Rome, the long convoy of dozens of wagons for the equipment and different 1st and 2nd class carriages, stopped. The station is semi -deserted, apart from a few porters, the agents of the company that act as interpreters with the various unloading workers. After a while, men and women begin to come out, who are part of the show, finally the Mexicans and the Native American in their picturesque flies, wrapped in lively blankets, with almost covered faces.

Apr 20, 2024

Mary without face In Sant. Annunziata Church

The porticoed courtyard of the Basilica of S. Annunziata. The environment more recalls an atrium of an elegant palace that a cloister was conceived by the architect Michelozzo, the columns of the "courtyard" delimit with the cruise vaults sixteen lunettes of which only twelve are frescoed. To make the paintings, several artists were called, such as Alessio Baldovinetti, Cosimo Rosselli, Andrea del Sarto, Francebigio, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino.

Apr 19, 2024

Mystery of Leonrdo da Vinci

At the beginning of the eighties of the fifteenth century he decided to leave Florence to move to Milan to the court of Ludovico il Moro. Leonardo brought with him a silver lira with whom he played and sang in front of the Milanese court, arousing the applause of all the bystanders (the man really knew how to do everything).

Apr 18, 2024

Legged of Via della Mosca

Mystery for the name of this street Via della Mosca "Fly Street" in Florence , with this article we are try to give a lite about this tiny street in downtown of Florence.

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